St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-29
AT THE HOTELS.
Five-Minute Talks With Promi-
nent Men From Various LOCAL.

menu wen FROM various AOcdli-
ties.
&. ID. Graves, a prominent citizen of
Duluth, was at the Merchants yesterday
and said there was no truth in the ru-
NOR that the lake was skinned over
with ice. He added that the runner
might go all right if started little
later.
w. G. Thomas, of Glencoe, was a
guest at the Merchants yesterday. He
said the only thing Glencoe needed to
put her on a par with the majority of
other towns in the Northwest now was
pumpkin show, Or, in other words, a
county fair.
p. w. Wildt, a leading merchant of
Faribault, was noticed in the rotunda of
the Merchants yesterday. He remarked
that while the railroads were dis
eliminating in freight rates against
the small towns, the merchants of Fari-
bault were doing good fall trade, and
were thankful fer what they could easily
get. If the citizens of Faribault could
see the Touring mills start up they
would be highly gratified, of course.
Thomas ID. Hunt, one of the tallest
and most prominent capitalists of Fargo,
OAK, figured censpieuously in the TO-
tunda of the Merchants yesterday. 81
think we've got base ball club up in
our town that could knock your club
into cooked hat" he said, and then he
went on to talk in a manner that aroused
the suspicion in the mind of his nearer
that he was base ball crank, cut low
in the neck and with short sleeves. Ac-
cOrding to Mr.. Hunts statement bust
ness is booming in the Red river valley.
+. ID. Hughes registered from Lari-
more, Dak., at the Merchants yesterday.
MIR. Hughes is bonanza farmer, and
said that the wheat crop i'll the Red
river valley this year was the best that
had been had there for five years and
the farmers are all jubilant. All they
want is more railroads and more ele-
VatOrS to take care of their grain.
Jared Benson, leading business man
of Anoka, was at the Merchants yester-
day. He said Anoka had covered the
vestiges of the fire two years ago with
new and substantial brick blocks, and
it was better town than it was before
the confagration. Business is good
there and everybody comparatively
happy.
j. B. Burhans came down from Supe-
riOr, on Lake Superior, yesterday, and
put up at the Ryan. He says they may
talk about Duluth all they please, but
Superior is going to be the great city up
in that country, if there is ever great
city there, for it has the advantage of
location and room to build city with
out cutting down mountains of stone.
The past season, he said, real estate had
shown considerable activity in the old
town, and if few enterpriSing young
town would jump, and jump high.
f. A. Ross, of Helena, Mont, was at
the Ryan yesterday. Mr. Ross isa capt.
taliSt and owns considerable property in
the Montana capital. He speaks in the
highest terms of the prospects of
Helena, and believes it will be the big
gest city in the Northwest between ST
Paul and the Pacific coast within five
years. 1t is rapidly growing now and
the price of real estate is rapidly adj
vancing.
Clement Smith, a bonanza farmer and
merchant of Maple River, Oak, regis
tered at the Ryan yesterday. He said
wheat in that part of the territory was
not as thrifty as in other localities, yet
the farmers were not grumbling. A
large number of the settlers in that
vicinity are turning their attention to
cattle breeding and are fast demonstrate
ing the fact that Dakota is a first-claSS
country for that kind Of business.
M. G. Mull1ern, of Livingston, Mont,
an extensive cattle raiser, is at the Mer-
cldIlGS. ACCORDING TO his statement The
shipment of beef to Eastern markets
will be greater than ever before and of
decidedly better quality.
j. II. Brock, Winnipeg capitalist,
who is at the Ryan, has no doubt that
the necessary funds to put the Red
River road in working condition can
easily be raised at home, although help
from the United States would not be re-
fused.
George P. Bingham. of Boston, Mass,
was among the arrivals at the Ryan yes
terday. He says that the approaching
campaign in the Bay state will be an
exciting one, and that party lines will
be drawn very closely, with probable
ity of the Mugwumps supporting the
Democratic ticket.
John A. Mcpherson. a leading New
York politician, is at the Ryan, home
ward bound. He thinks that Cook, for
secretary of state, will beat Fred Grant
out of sight, as the people of the Empire
state are not very favorably disposed
towards the Republican nominee.
Dudley III. Haskell, of Baltimore, Md,
and staunch adherent of Senator Cor
man, has no fear for the Democracy at
| home this fall and predicts the election
| of the regular ticket by an increased
! majority over the last election